Study Desk

When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”

Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they presented themselves before him. After winning over Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.

As they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Now, look, the Lord’s hand is against you. You are going to be blind, and will not see the sun for a time.” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”

And for about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness;

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Though they found no grounds for the death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him killed.

and he appeared for many days to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm:

For David, after serving God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed,

For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

So they stayed there a long time and spoke boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace by enabling them to do signs and wonders.

After the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

When they had appointed elders for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.

Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,

For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”

who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.